A VSG expression site-associated gene confers resistance to human serum in Trypanosoma rhodesiense

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 839-846

  Van Xong, Hoang ^a   Vanhamme, Luc ^b   Chamekh, Mustapha ^a   Chimfwembe, Chibeka Evelyn ^a   Van Den Abbeele, Jan ^c   Pays, Annette ^b   Van Melrvenne, Nestor ^c   Hamers, Raymond ^a   De Baetselier, Patrick ^a   Pays, Etienne ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0032423741     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81706-7     Document Type: Article

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